Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition

The best stories of the year: here is a collection of the fantasy prose written in 2005, by some of the genre's greatest authors, and selected by Rich Horton, a contributing reviewer to many of the field's most respected magazines. In this volume you'll find stories Peter Beagle, Paul Di Filippo, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe and more. Contents: Pip and the fairies / by Theodora Goss -- Comber / by Gene Wolfe -- Three urban folktales / by Eric Schaller -- Wax / by Elizabeth Bear -- The Emperor of Gondwanaland / by Paul DiFilippo -- CommComm / by George Saunders -- Five ways Jane Austen never died / by Samantha Henderson -- Fancy bread / Gregory Feeley -- Sunbird / by Neil Gaiman -- The secret of broken tickers / by Joe Murphy -- On the blindside / Sonya Taaffe -- Jane / by Marc Laidlaw -- Is there life after rehab? / by Pat Cadigan -- Two hearts / by Peter S. Beagle -- Super-villains / by Michael Canfield -- Empty places / by Richard Parks -- Invisible / by Steve Rasnic Tem -- By the light of tomorrow's sun / by Holly Phillips -- The gist hunter / by Matthew Hughes.